“My "Cat" is a 1999 model, I think it's a great bike, Terrific acceleration, Comfortable, Economical 60 mpg. at legal speeds, A great bike but in Town it's poor all 2nd gear work, anything below 3 thousand revs and it's jerky it's an open road bike, likes the revs. I love it...”
“Bit lucky as mine only had 1600 miles on it so had issues due to lack of use (furred up carbs etc). But once sorted it runs well. Easy and light to ride, comfy as riding position not too aggressive. A tank of fuel seems to go on for ever (can't say same for my Gixxer lol) , did a track day at Snetterton on it and didn't empty the tank. First to second is big jump and 2nd gear is a weak spot and expensive to fix apparently. It will wheelie if thats important to you but you need to get the throttle timing right. Power delivery is very peaky, reminds me of my old RD500 a bit as you have to use the box a lot. Build quality is better than my gixxer but not up to a honda! Lots of bargains out there as they were popular but not a cult bike.”
